This study examined factors leading to low employment rate of people with physical
disability in Tanzania. Specifically, it looked at how the education system cater for
people with disability, the treatment of people with disability at the workplace and
identified environmental barriers of people with disability. The work also determined
the challenges facing people with disability at the workplaces. The study findings
showed that there were several factors which lead to low employment rate to people
with physical disability in Tanzania which included poor implementation of the
Policy of Special Education to People with Disability, social and environmental
barriers, poor socio-economic status, poor public awareness towards disability, poor
supervision and implementation of National Policy on Disability. Other factors
reported by the respondents were (i) Social discrimination to disabled people, (ii)
Social stigmatization towards people with disability, (iii) Lack of working facilities
to people with disability, (iv) Low level of education to most people with disability,
(v) Social misconception and myths toward people with disabilities as well as, (vi)
Social exclusion to people with disability in labor market. It is, therefore been
concluded that mainstreaming of people with disability in employment is essential
for the full development of their potential , in certain areas people with disability will
be expected to excel, The laws erected to protect the employment of people with
disability hence to be emphasized, coupled with sensitization program.